Bill de Blasio Quotes

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office.

I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud.

I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.

When I launched my first campaign in 1999, I knew that the arc of my public service would have many chapters.

I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

Don't get mad. Don't get even. Get elected.

I am not joining politics. I don't intend to contest election. I am happy to be back to doing normal things, be it films or other work.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

I'm only sort of a politician.

No, I'm not running for office someday.

I have two bookcases that used to be filled with cookbooks, but now it's mostly books about politics and government. I might just give this all up and run for office.

I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.

For someone like me who, as a kid, walked to school muttering little political speeches to myself, it was irresistible to finally get a chance at political life for real. When the people of Etobicoke-Lakeshore elected me their MP, it changed me forever.

I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.

Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

Public service is a noble career. You can’t do it unless you get out there and run…. You can make a difference if you are elected.

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

I would never run for any office or government position. I'm not into it.

I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister.

I did grow up in a household where the narrative was about public service and how are you going to effect change and help people. I'm so glad I grew up around that narrative, but I never had the calling to go out and shake hands and try to get elected.

I knew I would work in a community that I would like to live in, but I had no idea that I would ever go into politics, even though some of my classmates thought I would.

I'm not going to become an MP and I'm not going to be London Mayor. I have no political ambitions.

I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.